A population-based study of effect of multiple birth on infant mortality in Nigeria.docVIP

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMedCentral Research article Open Access A population-based study of effect of multiple birth on infant mortality in Nigeria Olalekan A Uthman*1, Mubashir B Uthman2 and Ismail Yahaya1 Address: 1Center for Evidence-Based Global Health, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria and 2Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria Email: Olalekan A Uthman* - uthlekan@; Mubashir B Uthman - uthmanmb@; Ismail Yahaya - illyahaya@ * Corresponding author Published: 10 September 2008 Received: 16 April 2008 Accepted: 10 Septem